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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bert feel about this entire situation?
(a) Sad.
(b) Indignant.
(c) Scared.
(d) Worried.

2. For what does Cora plead with Bert?
(a) To leave now.
(b) To go to his room.
(c) To move north.
(d) To be polite to the Colonel.

3. What do Cora and William try to explain to Bert?
(a) Billie is too young to live with Bert.
(b) His behavior may end tragically for him and the rest of his family.
(c) That Bert must go back north for school.
(d) Sallie has to leave to go to school.

4. What does Bert once accidentally do when he is a young boy?
(a) Tell Norwood he does not like him in front of his rich white friends.
(b) Refer to Norwood as "papa" in front of the Colonel's rich white friends.
(c) Hug Norwood in front of his rich white friends.
(d) Get lost in the fields.

5. What do Cora and Bert begin to do, after he tells her this news?
(a) They begin to cry.
(b) They hug.
(c) They begin to understand one another.
(d) They begin to argue again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sallie want to become?

2. Why does he try to do this, regarding his position?

3. How has Bert experienced more equal treatment in the big cities?

4. What are these men doing as they visit?

5. What is true about the relationship between the Colonel and Bert, up until this accident?

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